Dutton
The Dollhouse
1952. When 17-year-old Darby McLaughlin moves from Defiance, Ohio to New York to take a secretarial course, she quickly falls…
Wolf Hollow
In western Pennsylvania during WWII, there was an area in between farmlands called Wolf Hollow. The name, coined several generations…
Christmas Bells
In 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, still reeling from a personal tragedy and living amid the national tragedy of the Civil…
The Courtesan
European and Japanese powers are vying for Chinese trade and even takeover in the late 1800s. Meanwhile, seven-year-old Jinhua’s peaceful…
Let Me Die in His Footsteps
Roy’s newest novel, set in rural Kentucky, tells Sarah Crowley’s story, first with her sister Juna in 1936, and then…
The Alphabet House
Jussi Adler-Olsen has taken a break from his popular Department Q series and brought us a deeply researched, hauntingly psychological…
Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule
When Ulysses S. Grant courted Miss Julia Dent from a Missouri slave-owning family, he was fresh from West Point and…
The Barter
Bridget should be happy. She has a handsome husband and an adorable year-old daughter, so why can’t she stop thinking…
Backlands
Editors' choice
Once again, Michael McGarrity brings us the awe-inspiring but also harsh and unforgiving desert and mountain landscapes of the Tularosa…
Edge of Eternity
Editors' choice
The Century Trilogy concludes with this historical novel that captures the essence of historical events from 1961 to 2008. It…
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